Oxon Hill Manor

Oxon Hill Manor
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Oxon Hill Manor, December 2010
Location:	6701 Oxon Hill Rd., Oxon Hill, Maryland
Coordinates:	38°47′47″N 77°0′19″W / 38.79639°N 77.00528°W / 38.79639; -77.00528Coordinates: 38°47′47″N 77°0′19″W / 38.79639°N 77.00528°W / 38.79639; -77.00528
Area:	55 acres (22 ha)
Built:	1928
Architect:	de Sibour, Jules-Henri
Architectural style:	Colonial Revival, Neo-Georgian
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	78003117 [1]
Added to NRHP:	June 9, 1978

Oxon Hill Manor is a neo-Georgian house of 49 rooms, located at Oxon Hill, Prince George's County, Maryland. It was designed in 1928 for Sumner Welles (1892-1961) by the Washington architect, Jules Henri de Sibour (1872-1938). It was built in 1929, and consists of a two-story main block of Flemish bond brick and a northern wing. Also on the property are two outbuildings contemporary with the house; a five-car garage and attached manager's quarters and greenhouse, and a stable. There are also formal gardens on the grounds.^[2]

History

The Oxon Hill Manor property has a strong historical association. The colonial-era Addison family, active in the development of Prince George's county and in colonial government, built a mansion on the property in 1711. In 1778, Thomas Hawkins Hanson, nephew of John Hanson, acquired the property. John Hanson died at Oxon Hill Manor on November 22, 1783, and may have been buried on the property. Walter Dulaney Addison who was for a time Chaplain of the Senate lived here and conducted a school here.

After a period of ownership by the Berry family, in 1895, the original Oxon Hill Manor burned. In 1927, the property was bought by Sumner Welles, U.S. Undersecretary of State, who built the present manor house. Franklin D. Roosevelt and possibly Sir Winston Churchill were guests there.^{[citation needed]} It was later the home of Fred Maloof, a wealthy oilman, timberland owner, and art collector who established a museum for fine art and John Hanson memorabilia, before the property came under the control of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission.^{[citation needed]}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.^[1]

Gallery

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  Front Facade, December 2010

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  Front Entry Detail, December 2010

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  John Hanson Obelisk, December 2010

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ "Oxon Hill Manor". Maryland Historical Trust. http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=476&COUNTY=Prince%20Georges&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY=Prince%20Georges. Retrieved 2008-10-29. 

Further reading

• Maryland Historical Magazine, Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1919, p. 397, http://books.google.com/?id=efUMAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22thomas+addison%22+oxford, retrieved 2008-04-15 
• Murray, Elizabeth Hesselius (1895), One hundred years ago: or, The life and times of the Rev. Walter Dulany Addison, http://books.google.com/?id=8IpKAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22oxon+hill+manor%22, retrieved 2008-04-15 
• Richardson, Hester Dorsey (1913), Side-lights on Maryland History, Williams and Wilkins company, p. 3, http://books.google.com/?id=l_oMAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22thomas+addison%22+oxford, retrieved 2008-04-15 
• Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, ed. (1915), Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., p. 20, http://books.google.com/?id=C9H_XD0dc6kC&dq=%22Oxon+Hill%22+%22thomas+Addison%22, retrieved 2008-04-15 

External links

• Oxon Hill Manor, Prince George's County, Inventory No.: PG:85A-9, including photo in 1995, at Maryland Historical Trust website
• M-NCPPC Inventory of Historic Sites (Prince George's County); Oxon Hill Manor, entry 80-001, p. 143
• Oxon Hill Manor, 6701 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill, Prince George's County, MD: 28 photos and 14 data pages, at Historic American Building Survey
• Oxon Hill Manor, Grounds, 6701 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill, Prince George's County, MD: 6 photos and 1 data page, at Historic American Building Survey
• Oxon Hill Manor, Manager's Residence, Garage & Greenhouse, 6701 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill, Prince George's County, MD: 3 photos and 1 data page, at Historic American Building Survey
• Oxon Hill Manor, Stable, 6701 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill, Prince George's County, MD: 2 photos and 1 data page, at Historic American Building Survey
• Site Summary: 18PR175 Oxon Hill Manor /Addison Plantation